Record Number: 33392
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'There is a short review of Professor Ansted's work in the Chambers's Journal of this month; from the specimen they give, it must be exceedingly interesting, and I should like to see it.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 22 May 1847 and 23 Jun 1847
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Leicester
county: Leicestershire
specific address: Beaumont Leys
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1825
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Amateur geologist
Religion:Quaker
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Science, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsEdinburgh, 22 May 1847, pp. 344-347
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33392
Source:Eliza Ellis
Editor:Margaret Ellis
Title:Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis
Place of Publication:Leicester
Date of Publication:1883
Vol:n/a
Page:35
Additional Comments:
Privately printed by Samuel Clarke, 5 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, and 'for private circulation only'.
Citation:
Eliza Ellis, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis, (Leicester, 1883), p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33392, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter from Eliza Ellis to Hannah Lucas. The review is of D.T. Ansted's 'The Ancient World; or Picturesque Sketches of Creation' (London: Van Voorst, 1847), and deals with extinct megafauna.
